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Brotherless Night by V.V. Ganeshananthan wins the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2024
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month agoThe power of reading and writing in surviving and addressing huge loss is touched upon in this book about a woman’s struggle during the Sri Lankan civil war
Booker Prize: Author Edmund de Waal to chair 2024 judging panel
Euronews via Yahoo Canada News· 7 months agoAs submissions open for next year's Booker Prize, the 2024 judging panel for the leading literary...
Paul Lynch’s Prophet Song wins the 2023 Booker Prize – but the judges picked the wrong Paul
The Independent via Yahoo Canada News· 8 months agoCOMMENT: Six books, three authors called Paul, one £50,000 prize. In the end, Paul Lynch has taken...
Zaghari-Ratcliffe left The Handmaid’s Tale in her prison’s ‘secret library’
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo Canada News· 8 months agoNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe delivered a speech at a ceremony for the 2023 Booker Prize in which she...
Irish author Paul Lynch wins 2023 Booker Prize for Prophet Song
The Independent via Yahoo Canada News· 8 months agoLynch’s fifth novel, about a young woman trying to make sense of a collapsing society, was announced...
This year's Booker winner is political fiction at its laziest
The Telegraph via Yahoo Canada News· 8 months agoI should have seen this coming. For the last four years, the Booker Prize has alternated between...
Camilla ‘makes reading sexy’, says Ben Okri as Queen hosts Booker Prize event
The Independent via Yahoo Canada News· 8 months agoQueen Camilla was praised for making reading “sexy” as she hosted the Booker Prize-shortlisted...
Novels from US, UK, Canada and Ireland are finalists for the Booker Prize for fiction
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 10 months agoNovels from Ireland, the United States, Canada and Britain that explore families, communities and a world in crisis make up the six finalists for the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction. Two ...
Booker Prize 2023: Six shortlisted authors tackle immigration, identity and the climate crisis
The Independent via Yahoo Canada News· 10 months agoAll six authors are shortlisted for the prestigious award for the first time, with their work...
Booker Prize semifinalists include 4 Irish writers, 4 debut novelists
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 12 months agoAuthor Sebastian Barry, who has received four previous nominations for the Booker Prize and twice...